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The surprise was a success.

As the third participant in the round of questions to the three candidates for the CDU party chairmanship, Jens Spahn suddenly spoke up.

Strictly speaking, actually second, because Mr Adams was the first to be heard and therefore had to be ignored.

But Spahn didn't have a question either and he wasn't connected live either.

A pre-recorded video of just under a minute and a half was shown, which aroused many emotions.

Because the 40-year-old health minister used the format with which a few questions from the grass roots should be made possible at this digital party congress for election campaigns.

"Dear friends, I would like to answer less than one question", began his statement.

In the past few weeks, many have asked why he and Armin Laschet were on the team.

They are convinced that a closed CDU is needed in the election year, Laschet has shown that the country and the party can unite.

“He lives togetherness.” He continued to lead a quarter of Germans in North Rhine-Westphalia through the pandemic in an energetic and level-headed manner.

He takes on responsibility and sets the tone for Germany.

After 16 years of successful governance, the necessary continuity in governance is needed, but also new impulses.

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“We don't always agree - but in the well-understood sense of diversity, which makes us strong.

But one thing always unites us: Armin and I want a common future for the CDU, we want a strong CDU for a strong Germany. ”He closed his commercial:“ Therefore the correct answer to the question now is: Armin Laschet - because of tomorrow . “The other two applicants, Friedrich Merz and Norbert Röttgen, showed no reaction.

WELT CDU expert Robin Alexander reported on Twitter of great outrage in CDU chat groups about Spahn's "advertising block" in the question and answer session.

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In the end, Laschet won - despite or because of Spahn's support?

- in the second ballot against Merz and becomes the new CDU chairman.

The delegates' receipt for Spahn followed shortly afterwards when the deputies were elected: With 589 votes from 1001 delegates entitled to vote, he received by far the worst result of all five applicants.

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The Hessian Prime Minister Volker Bouffier did best with 806 votes.

Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner received 787 votes, Member of the Bundestag Silvia Breher 777 and for Baden-Württemberg's Interior Minister Thomas Strobl 670. The result of the digital vote still has to be confirmed in a postal vote, but this is considered a formality.

The four were already deputies, Spahn is new - he is replacing Laschet.

It is the first party leadership position in Spahn's career, which was defeated in December 2018 in the election for CDU chairman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Merz.